The Haunting Of Hill House

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. How do the residents of Hillsdale treat Eleanor?

A) With disdain and hostility

B) With polite indifference

C) With anger and violence

D) With warmth and consideration

2. Why is the house called Hill House?

A) The house is perched atop a hill.

B) There are many hills behind the house.

C) The house overlooks the town of Hillsdale.

D) The house is ironically on flat land.

3. Chapter 1 begins, “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.” What is the meaning of the opening sentence of the novel?

A) Insanity is similar to dreaming.

B) Dreaming is a prerequisite for staying sane.

C) Hill House is solid, sturdy, and completely sane.

D) The insane do not dream.

4. Why does Dr. Montague invite Theodora to Hill House?

A) He believes that Theodora will help stabilize Eleanor.

B) He hopes that Theodora will liven up the house with her bright personality.

C) He believes that Theodora might have psychic abilities.

D) He hopes that Theodora will provide rationality in a house that is otherwise not sane.

5. Why does Luke end up staying at Hill House?